Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: On my soapbox
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At the top of our road, there's a sign that says No Littering and No Dumping. Yet, every day on my walk, I find something that doesn't belong, most often beer cans or bottles… sometimes soda cans, empty cigarette packages, snack food wrappings, styrofoam or paper cups. Where is it coming from? Okay, I know……
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On my way out of the local drugstore yesterday afternoon, unable to resist a big CLEARANCE sign, I paused beside the aisle of Halloween merchandise, before remembering (duh!) I don't decorate anymore. That's when I spotted something green and red in the corner of my eye. No…it couldn't be. Not yet! I allowed myself one…
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"Our backs ache, our skirts are too tight, we shake our booties from left to right!" A mom in Detroit was shocked to hear this coming out of her 6-year-old daughter's mouth – it was a cheer she'd been taught to chant on her cheerleading squad. OMG! The mom did just what I would have…
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I could hear the pump running as I walked down my driveway this morning toward the ponds; my heart dropped and my blood heated up at the same time, dreading what I would find when I rounded the curve. I was relieved to see that yesterday's flow into our pond had stopped, despite the pumping…
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They asked. We said no. They did it anyway, accompanied by giggly snide remarks in Spanish. Rudeness transcends the language barrier, did you know that? I'm sure kindness does too, but unfortunately, that's not in this story. But not by my choice. We weren't surprised they did it anyway. That's been their method all along,…
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Yesterday morning as Max enjoyed his breakfast, I sipped my coffee and watched the clouds drift across an electric blue sky… a sky so blue I imagined God uploading it to Picasa and hitting the 'saturate' button to achieve it. Two Great Blue Herons flew down the Hollow in front of me, following the creek…
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A few weeks ago these chains and signs went up on the property next door… (yes, the damn dam property.) Now, I don't blame them for putting up the signs. Several years ago we had people zipping through the middle of our land on their four-wheelers, despite our "No Trespassing" signs. We finally had to…
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…is freedom's shield and hope." – John Philip Sousa Today is Flag Day. I almost forgot about it… How easy it is to get so busy with our lives that we take for granted those things which make it possible to move about so freely that we get too busy to remember… so freely…
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What were you thinking? This is our neighborhood! There are no public trashcans lining this road, only wildflowers. Keep your cans in your car! (No, your car is NOT too good for your own trash.) Listen, I am not your mother. Heck, even if I was, I wouldn't be cleaning up your trash. If you're…
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I heard about this last week…a mom near Dallas, Texas came home from dropping her son off at daycare to find two men robbing her house! She used her SUV to block them until the police arrived. I've been burglarized twice in my life – both times in the middle of the day – and…
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